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Oktoberfest is the world’s largest Volksfest. // Das Oktoberfest ist das größte Volksfest der Welt.
Held annually in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, it is a 16-day folk festival running from late September to the first weekend in October, with more than 6 million people from around the world attending the event.
Key Links
oktoberfest.de – Facebook
Headlines
Oktoberfest: Munich mayor opens 188th beer festival – DW
Older Headlines
We can brew it: Munich eyes Oktoberfest at sobering moment for Europe
‘The risk is simply too high’: Germany’s Oktoberfest canceled because of coronavirus pandemic (2020)
Oktoberfest celebrated in San Angelo (2020)
Stray Notes
- Festival halls in Munich can seat 94,000 people.
- Music: Blasmusik // brass music and Volksmusik// folk music
Questions
- How many festival halls are in Munich for Oktoberfest? (Answer)
Videos
Wirtshaus Wiesn in Munich – Alternative to the Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest Bingo
Bavaria – Beer – Bratwurst – Deutschland//Germany – Ferris Wheel – Festival Hall – Loferl // Calf Warmers – Lozenge – Munich – October – Oide Wiesn – Oktoberfest – Pretzel – September – Theresienwiese – Volksfest
Wikipedia
Oktoberfest
Planeta.com